Bustle



(No Model.

G. W. HIGBY.

. BUSTLB. No. 369,179. Patented Aug. 30, 188'].

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CHARLES W. HIGBY, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,179, dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed May 27, 1887. Serial No. 239,557. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. HIGBY, of Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bustles; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad 'to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

:0 This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bustles.

In devices for this purpose, lightness, ease of adjustment to thewearer and to varying circumstances, durability, and economy in construction'are results sought to beobtained.

The invention consists in the peculiar combinations and the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved bustle, showing one made of three springs. Fig. 2 isa bottom plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective'view of the fastening-loop.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification,A'represents a coilspring, the upper terminal of which forms a hook, a, which is engaged with the eyelet b,

and is thereby secured to the belt B. Two other springs, O D, similar to A and similarly secured to the belt, are arranged one on either side of the first-named spring, and they are also preferably of somewhat smaller diameter. These springsare fastened together at any one 3 5 or more desired points by means of a loop, E,

interlocking one convolution with a corresponding convolution of the adjacent spring. When three springs are employed, those lettered O and D are each secured to A, one on each sidethereof, as shown; but a greater or less number of such springs may be employed, as may be desired. The style of loop is shown in Fig. 3, it consisting of a simple link through which the segments of corresponding convolutions in adjacent springs pass andinterlock by crossing each other, such convolutions being the only interlocking ones in any of the springs, the slot in the loop forming a bearing-point upon both protruding segments of the interlocking couvolutions.

By this construction abustle of little weight, easy of adjustment, strong and durable, and of little comparative cost is obtained, as the means employed for securing the springs together prevent the springs from collapsing or bending or sliding together, and allow them to adjust themselves to circumstances,whenin use, by sliding through the confining-links.

' \Vhat I clainr as my invention is The combination, in a bustle, with the two coil-springs, of a loop, E, through the slot in which the segments of corresponding convolu- -tions in said springs pass and are interlocked by crossing each other, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES W. HIGBY. Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, A. BARTHEL. 

